The post-US election podcast from ITV News. Every week, Political Correspondent Daniel Hewitt, Correspondent Robert Moore in Washington and former White House insider Laura Schwartz - along with some extra special guests - bring you analysis and reporting of Donald Trump's last days in office and the transition to the Joe Biden presidency.
Latest episodes
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32 min
36. Trump's big speech, Dolly sings to anti-vaxxers plus Harry and Meghan
“Who knows? I may even decide to beat them for a third time.”Fresh from flying down to Florida, US Correspondent Emma Murphy reflects from LA with Robert Moore in Washington and ho…
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35 min
35. Ivanka or Don Jr: who's best placed to replace Trump?
“Could she run in 2024? Could they go for that absolute catnip … one of them back in the White House and the first woman to boot.” Emma Murphy lays out a compelling case for Ivanka…
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27 min
34. Will Trump win in 2024 after his second Senate acquittal?
“Donald Trump now is a contender.” Robert Moore says the former president is a challenger for power once more as Daniel Hewitt dials America to get the expert reaction to the histo…
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37 min
33. Fresh shocks at the Senate trial but what's sparked Trump's private anger?
"Most lawyers have deserted him and I think that explains the desperately poor calibre of his current legal team."With Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial well underway, Robert…
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36 min
32. How will Trump's new clumsy-spelling lawyers defend him in the Senate trial?
"Nobody could quite understand how he had this lavish lifestyle, two lavish wives, was throwing these big parties... it was high rolling in a high society world."US Correspondent E…
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36 min
31. Will impeachment delay play into Trump’s hands?
“We suddenly found the city surrounded by 25,000 National Guardsmen, razor wire, military checkpoints everyone barking orders at us. And I texted Emma to say: welcome to Washington…
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55 min
30. The Inauguration Special - did Biden unite a deeply divided America?
"Some of the rioters I watched two weeks ago were using the scaffolding on which he was standing to get over the top of the police and storm the Capitol...."After witnessing a calm…
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40 min
29. Biden's inauguration: what makes a memorable speech? (with Tom Bradby)
"This city is like the Green Zone in Baghdad. It's ominous here, it's eerie, it's disturbing, unsettling... It feels different from any other Inauguration."Robert Moore previews th…
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46 min
28. What now after Donald Trump's repeat impeachment?
"I thought it was a hostage video. I mean the guy was sitting there reading word for word what was on the teleprompter..."Having guided Bill Clinton through an impeachment, Laura S…
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40 min
27. Inside the Washington siege - Robert Moore on his report that shocked the world
"They are not anarchists. They're not - in their view - trying to tear down the Republic. They're trying to save it... It was the logical conclusion of where the Trump movement has…
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23 min
26. XMAS BONUS! Festive reflections from Daniel, Robert, Laura and Fred
"If you think back just a few months ago... we wondered if his presidency would end in a presidential death."In this special festive bonus edition, Robert Moore, Laura Schwartz and…
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37 min
25. Trump's key ally ditches him and could Twitter be next?
“The Republican Party in other words - however reluctantly - has just now emerged into the daylight.” Robert Moore reacts to a decisive moment in the 2020 US election as one of Don…
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47 min
24. Trump’s late legal push and the day Biden almost died
"He found himself lying on the floor of a hotel room unable to move his legs and he had no idea how he got there."Joe Biden biographer Evan Osnos of The New Yorker shares his subje…
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42 min
23. Could Trump's latest election denial cost American lives?
"Where do you start to analyse a statement like that?"Robert Moore reacts to an extraordinary statement from the White House as Donald Trump doubles down on his discredited claims…
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35 min
22. What triggered Trump's transition U-turn?
"I don't think we need to give the guy a trophy for doing his job."After a defining couple of tweets, Laura Schwartz and Robert Moore analyse what finally convinced Donald Trump to…
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46 min
21. How disruptive can paranoid but defiant Trump get?
"If Donald Trump isn't relevant, Donald Trump believes he has no purpose."Laura Schwartz explains why the paranoid president reminds her of a classic Humphrey Bogart character as s…
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43 min
20. How long can Trump challenge the result and will Biden work with Boris?
“Even though we’re kind of ridiculing these legal challenges, we shouldn’t rule out the possibility - certainly Democrats aren't - that Donald Trump is yet to play his final card.”…
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46 min
19. Trump lost! So what will he do now?
"The train has left the station."Donald Trump may be desperate to deny it, but the world has accepted Joe Biden as the winner in the US presidential election.So what now? That's th…
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41 min
18. Will Trump concede? And what happens if he doesn't?
"It did cross a red line that has taken American politics into a new space." Robert Moore and Laura Schwartz react to Donald Trump's remarkable public statements as Daniel Hewitt c…
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27 min
17. Trump's won! Or so he claims... so what now?
"This is a fraud on the American public ... frankly, we did win this election."After an election night of relatively low drama, Donald Trump lit off a firework at the heart of the…